RFC: Don't enable both cpuidle governors when NO_HZ is enabled.

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Does this patch make sense ?

I noticed we setup both governors during boot..

 kernel: [    3.387035] cpuidle: using governor ladder
 kernel: [    3.391541] cpuidle: using governor menu

which seems wasteful.

With this patch, we configure either ladder, or menu, depending on
whether NO_HZ is set.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.34.noarch/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig~	2010-06-24 23:48:08.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.34.noarch/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig	2010-06-24 23:48:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config CPU_IDLE
 
 config CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER
 	bool
-	depends on CPU_IDLE
+	depends on CPU_IDLE && !NO_HZ
 	default y
 
 config CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU
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